The Fatalism of Herman MelvilleUniversity of Wisconsin--Madison, 1939 |
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action Ahab Ahab's allegory American Literature answer attempt Babbalanja Bachelor of Arts Bartleby believe Billy Budd Braswell Captain Captain Ahab cause chance CHAPTER characters Charlie Claggart Clarel crew disaster discussion eternity evil fatalism fatalistic Fate Fate-theme felt free-will Gansevoort Gedankengut Berlin Glen Stanley Glendinning Hawthorne heart human Ibid idea important inscrutable Isabel Ishmael Israel Potter Jimmy Rose K. H. Sundermann Lewis Mumford living Lloyd Morris Lucy Mardi matter Media Melville gives Melville was never Melville's attitude mind Minnegerode Moby Dick mother narrative nature necessitarian necessity Omoo passage Pequod philosophical Piazza Tales Pierre Pierre's poem predestinated problem of freedom Prose Pieces question Redburn reference religious sailor Schicksal seems ship sort soul Starbuck story strange suggested sure symbol thee thesis things Thorp thought Timoleon tion Typee and Omoo Vee-Vee Weaver White Jacket white whale word writes wrote York
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